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Shopping Budget Challenge
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Shopping Budget Challenge
Use dollars and cents notation. Show your working for calculations, and check that your totals make sense.
Read and write prices
1.Which notation correctly shows four dollars and thirty-five cents?
- $4.35
- $435
- 4.35c
2.Which notation correctly shows sixty cents?
- $60
- $0.60
- 60 dollars
3.Write six dollars and eight cents using dollars and cents notation.
4.Write ninety-five cents using dollars and cents notation.
5.Write nine dollars exactly using dollars and cents notation.
Add prices and check a budget
6.Kai buys a pear for $1.80, a wrap for $4.60 and a drink for $2.25. What is the total cost?
7.Kirra has $9.00. She wants a yoghurt for $2.70, a roll for $3.85 and a banana for $1.40. Can she buy all three and stay within her budget? Find the total and explain your decision.
Estimate and compare
Item
Price
Crackers
$2.65
Water
$1.35
Muesli bar
$3.40
8.Round each snack price to the nearest dollar, then add the rounded amounts to estimate the cost of all three snacks.
9.Calculate the exact total for the crackers, water and muesli bar in the snack price table. How much higher or lower is it than your estimate of $7?
Plan a lunch basket
Food or drink
Price
Cheese toastie
$4.80
Chicken roll
$5.25
Apple
$1.20
Juice
$2.40
Yoghurt
$2.10
10.You have $10.00. From the lunch counter menu, buy one cheese toastie, one apple and one juice. What is the total, and how much money remains?
Work out the cost and change
11.Sienna buys four markers at $1.35 each and two notebooks at $2.20 each. How much does he spend altogether?
12.Sienna pays $9.80 for the markers and notebooks with a $20 note. How much change should he receive?
13.Give one useful way to check whether a shopping total is reasonable.
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